June 8th, 2008

I am still a bit tired from all the Convention activities and excitement yesterday, but I wanted, on behalf of the John Kerry for Senate ‘08 campaign, to thank all the wonderful volunteers who joined us in Lowell over the weekend. Your help, as ever, was invaluable. We, quite honestly, could not do what we do without the help of all the incredible people who take time out of their busy schedules to hold a sign, distribute literature, make phone calls, send emails and blog posts and talk to their friends and neighbors about supporting Senator Kerry. Thank you for your hard work this week. Thank you for showing up and making such a huge difference for us. We deeply appreciate all your help.

Senator Kerry was overwhelmingly endorsed for reelection by the Massachusetts Democratic Party. I would also like to thank all our great Democratic activists who braved the 90+ degree weather to hang out in Lowell and participate in the Convention and vote for John Kerry, again. Many of you have been “with” the Senator since the days when he ran for Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Senator Kerry asked for your vote yesterday and you delivered. It is humbling, energizing and ever-so-hopeful to see all the energy that was in the Tsongas Arena during the Senator’s speech on Saturday. It is doubly gratifying to know that so many people are “there” for the Senator and stand up for him and for the issues he fights so hard for in the US Senate.

Personally, it was great to see so many friends and be introduced to so many new folks from across Massachusetts and catch up on the activities and thoughts of fellow MA Dems. I think the thing that struck me most was all huge and noisy applause that went through the Convention crowd when the topic of Democratic unity was brought up. Democrats are ready to unite and ready to take the battle for a more Democratic Congress into the general election in November. We are ready to fight hard for a Democratic President. We are ready to unite in common cause and fight to bring our troops home from Iraq, give our veterans the honor and services they have earned, make health care affordable for millions more Americans, deal with our huge economic problems and so forth. We are one Democratic Party and we are going on to victory in November and to enact historic and desperately needed change next year.

So thanks to all of you for all your support and good wishes. Now, let’s get to work! Together, we can change America!

– - – Terri Buchman